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(2,3,4,4-Tetramethylcyclopentyl)methyl acetate, a sex pheromone from the obscure mealybug: first example of a new structural class of monoterpenes.

scientific article published on 11 November 2005

(3Z,6Z,9Z, 12Z, 15Z)-Pentacosapentaene, a key pheromone component of the fir coneworm moth, Dioryctria abietivorella

scientific article published on May 2005

(E4,Z9)-tetradecadienal, a sex pheromone for three North American moth species in the genus Saturnia.

scientific article published on April 2001

(R)-Desmolactone is a sex pheromone or sex attractant for the endangered valley elderberry longhorn beetle Desmocerus californicus dimorphus and several congeners (Cerambycidae: Lepturinae)

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(R)-desmolactone, a female-produced sex pheromone component of the cerambycid beetle Desmocerus californicus californicus (subfamily Lepturinae).

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2,3-Hexanediols as sex attractants and a female-produced sex pheromone for cerambycid beetles in the prionine genus Tragosoma

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A male-produced aggregation-sex pheromone of the beetle Arhopalus rusticus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Spondylinae) may be useful in managing this invasive species ⬇️

scientific article published on 20 December 2019

A new pheromone race of Acrobasis nuxvorella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

scientific article published on June 2008

A tetraene aldehyde as the major sex pheromone component of the promethea moth (Callosamia promethea (Drury)).

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An Unstable Monoterpene Alcohol as a Pheromone Component of the Longhorned Beetle Paranoplium gracile (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

Attraction of female Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) to odors from chicken feces

scientific article published on 26 June 2008

Characterization of age and cuticular hydrocarbon variation in mating pairs of house fly, Musca domestica, collected in the field.

scientific article published on December 2009

Chemical and physical signals mediating conspecific and heterospecific aggregation behavior of first instar stink bugs.

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Deceptive signals and behaviors of a cleptoparasitic beetle show local adaptation to different host bee species

scientific article published on 10 September 2018

Determination of the relative and absolute configurations of the female-produced sex pheromone of the cerambycid beetle Prionus californicus

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Development and optimization of methods for using sex pheromone for monitoring the mealybug Planococcus ficus (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) in California vineyards

scientific article published in August 2002

Effects of Pheromone Dose and Conspecific Density on the Use of Aggregation-Sex Pheromones by the Longhorn Beetle Phymatodes grandis and Sympatric Species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Efficient method to locate double bond positions in conjugated trienes

scientific article published on September 2004

Field optimization of the sex pheromone of Stenoma catenifer (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae): evaluation of lure types, trap height, male flight distances, and number of traps needed per avocado orchard for detection.

scientific article published on November 2010

Field trials of aggregation pheromones for the stink bugs Chlorochroa uhleri and Chlorochroa sayi (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae).

scientific article published on October 2010

Fuscumol and Geranylacetone as Pheromone Components of Californian Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the Subfamily Spondylidinae

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Geographic Variation in the Pheromone System of the Saturniid Moth Hemileuca eglanterina

scientific article published on 3 May 2006

Gonotrophic development and survival in field populations of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) at dairies in California, Minnesota, and Georgia, and the relationship of fly age to relative abundance of (Z)-9-tricosene (muscalure).

scientific article published on July 2013

Identification and synthesis of a female-produced sex pheromone for the cerambycid beetle Prionus californicus

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Identification of Aggregation-Sex Pheromone Components for a "Living Fossil", the False Click Beetle, Palaeoxenus dohrni Horn (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae)

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Identification of Volatiles From Plants Infested With Honeydew-Producing Insects, and Attraction of House Flies (Diptera: Muscidae) to These Volatiles

scientific article published on 14 December 2019

Identification of critical secondary components of the sex pheromone of the navel orangeworm (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

scientific article published on April 2010

Identification of the sex pheromone of a protected species, the Spanish moon moth Graellsia isabellae

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Identification of the sex pheromone of the invasive scale Acutaspis albopicta (Hemiptera: Diaspididae), arriving in California on shipments of avocados from Mexico.

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Identification of volatile synomones, induced by Nezara viridula feeding and oviposition on bean spp., that attract the egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis

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Identification, synthesis, and field testing of the sex pheromone of the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella.

scientific article published on January 2006

Isolation and determination of absolute configurations of insect-produced methyl-branched hydrocarbons

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Male adaptations to minimize sexual cannibalism during reproduction in the funnel-web spider Hololena curta.

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Male-produced Aggregation Pheromone of the Cerambycid Beetle Rosalia funebris

scientific article published on 13 January 2009

North American Species of Cerambycid Beetles in the Genus Neoclytus Share a Common Hydroxyhexanone-Hexanediol Pheromone Structural Motif.

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Novel lepidopteran sex pheromone components from Marmara gulosa (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae).

scientific article published on April 2009

Queen sex pheromone of the slave-making ant, Polyergus breviceps.

scientific article published on 29 March 2007

Sex Attractant Pheromone of the Luna Moth, Actias luna (Linnaeus).

scientific article published on 20 August 2016

Sex Attractant Pheromones of Virgin Queens of Sympatric Slave-Making Ant Species in the Genus Polyergus, and their Possible Roles in Reproductive Isolation

scientific article published on 22 May 2018

Sex attractant pheromone of the red-shouldered stink bug Thyanta pallidovirens: a pheromone blend with multiple redundant components.

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Sex pheromone components of the buck moth Hemileuca maia.

scientific article published on July 2001

Sex pheromone of the longtailed mealybug: a new class of monoterpene structure.

scientific article published in June 2009

Sex pheromone of the saturniid moth, Hemileuca burnsi, from the western Mojave Desert of California

scientific article published on 23 July 2008

Synthesis and field evaluation of the sex pheromone of Stenoma catenifer (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae).

scientific article published on August 2009

The Influence of Host Plant Volatiles on the Attraction of Longhorn Beetles to Pheromones.

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Unusual acetylenic sex pheromone of grape leaffolder (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae).

scientific article published on August 2002

Using generic pheromone lures to expedite identification of aggregation pheromones for the cerambycid beetles Xylotrechus nauticus, Phymatodes lecontei, and Neoclytus modestus modestus

scientific article published on 29 March 2007

cis-Vaccenyl acetate, a female-produced sex pheromone component of Ortholeptura valida, a longhorned beetle in the subfamily Lepturinae

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